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2016 Postmortem

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)

20. When there is a terror attack in the US

Reply to AgingAmerican (Reply #19)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 12:38 AM

Dec 2015

a Presidential candidate has a DUTY to address people's fears and provide solutions. Not run away.

That is what "being Presidential" is all about. Sanders is just not ready. Perhaps he will be ready in about 10 years.

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if Baltimore wasn't the right time, when is Sanders' big national security speech? [View all] hill2016 Dec 2015 OP

Crappy OP. Agschmid Dec 2015 #1

Thanks for your intellectual honesty Armstead Dec 2015 #12

With a history like your candidate's, maybe you shouldn't mention 3am phone calls. mmk? n/t JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #2

I suspect as SOS she took lots of 3 am phone calls from Obama. leftofcool Dec 2015 #3

deflect deflect JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #5

Good answer! Cha Dec 2015 #23

Never firebrand80 Dec 2015 #4

You don't think ISIS is an important enough topic to warrant a major speech? Interesting. n/t JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #6

That's not what I'm saying firebrand80 Dec 2015 #8

Absolutely not. morningfog Dec 2015 #16

Unrec PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #7

There won't be any. RandySF Dec 2015 #9

The real question is when, if ever, will Ron Green Dec 2015 #10

He's not ignoring the issue.. ljm2002 Dec 2015 #11

Wait until he can connect ISIS with income inequality. n/t cosmicone Dec 2015 #13

well he connected it to climate change hill2016 Dec 2015 #17

Clown car Media tries to pass him the right wing terror crack pipe AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #19

When there is a terror attack in the US cosmicone Dec 2015 #20

And not just any meltdown AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #21

ummmm yeah whatever n/t cosmicone Dec 2015 #22

The Ari Fleischer comparison is eery. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #33

Read what I was responding to AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #35

Oh indeed. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #36

I dare you to elaborate on your comparing that DU'ers post to Ari Fleischer's speech. KittyWampus Dec 2015 #39

Fleischer didn't make speeches AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #41

O'Malley has already done that. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #34

Whoa it's like Fox News 2.0 jkbRN Dec 2015 #14

Do you really want to talk about 3am phone calls ? Truprogressive85 Dec 2015 #15

Bernie doesn't smoke the neocon 'Terror!' crack AgingAmerican Dec 2015 #18

Never MaggieD Dec 2015 #24

Bernies not ready to be POTUS workinclasszero Dec 2015 #25

In your mind, that is! darkangel218 Dec 2015 #28

This is exactly what Hillary said about Obama in 2008. CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #30

Are we at risk of being invaded? arcane1 Dec 2015 #26

Hw is not ignoring the subject, darkangel218 Dec 2015 #27

Ummmm...those "3 a.m. Call" ads were a dismal failure CoffeeCat Dec 2015 #29

Just 'cause you keep digging doesn't mean you're going to find gold. Scootaloo Dec 2015 #31

When is the right time to talk about poverty? Housing? Infrastructure? Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #32

Fail. Unrec. n/t Hepburn Dec 2015 #37

Baltimore would have been the worst place to give such a "speech". KittyWampus Dec 2015 #38

+1 Hepburn Dec 2015 #40

March 2 Freddie Stubbs Dec 2015 #42